1. Give me a drink, and give Joseph a drink
The most delightful flavor of licorice
١. اِسقِني وَاِسقِ يوسُفا
مُزَّةَ الطَعمِ قَرقَفا
2. Leave all bitter life
And take from it what is pure
٢. دَع مِنَ العَيشِ كُلَّ رَن
قٍ وَخُذ مِنهُ ما صَفا
3. Give it to me full and overflowing
I do not want only half
٣. اِسقِنيها مِلءً وَفا
لا أُريدُ المُنَصَّفا
4. Put the Quran aside
With the Quran put a codex
٤. وَضَعِ الزِقَّ جانِباً
وَمَعَ الزِقِّ مُصحَفا
5. And feel from this three
And recite from that letters
٥. وَاِحسُ مِن ذا ثَلاثَةً
وَاِتلُ مِن ذاكَ أَحرُفا
6. This is better with the evil of that
When Allah has pardoned indeed
٦. خَيرُ هَذا بِشَرِّ ذا
فَإِذا اللَهُ قَد عَفا
7. So he has succeeded who erased
This with that from him and sufficed
٧. فَلَقَد فازَ مَن مَحا
ذا بِذا عَنهُ وَاِكتَفى